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--> GENUS Tamias
--> SUBGENUS Neotamias
SPECIES Tamias (Neotamias) townsendii
Author: | Bachman, 1839. | Citation: | J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 8(1): 68. | Common Name: | Townsend's Chipmunk | Type Locality: | "lower Columbia River, near lower mouth of Willamette River, [Multnomah Co.,] Oreg[on]." [USA]. | Distribution: | SW British Columbia (Canada), W Washington and Oregon to the Rogue River (USA). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Neotamias. Formerly included ochrogenys, siskiyou and senex; see comments under those species. Reviewed by Sutton (1993, Mammalian Species No. 435). |
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